Review

There is no wrong way to make a ship in Starlink: Battle for Atlas. Upside-down or asymmetric wings. Backward firing shotguns. Starlink lets a player loose in the star system Atlas with the most powerful weapon of all: the imagination.

While there is nothing wrong with giving budget users a premium look and feel über alles, a little more under hood might be preferred sometimes. Nokia 3.1 can need more attention than other budget phones to really get the best from it.

2,000+ words on the biggest game of the year - there is so much to love in Red Dead Redemption 2 but it's flawed. Some concessions to the 'cinema' of the game hurt its playability and the posse of characters aren't that relatable, likeable or memorable.

Between tone-deafness when it came choice of voice tracks and the poor execution of image enhancement options, it seems like Castlevania Requiem is only too eager to take the path of least resistance and be really cheap to make up for it.

A thoroughly decent stab at a sub-genre that has been bled dry. Newcomers will enjoy the magic/combo system for a while before the boredom hits and interest in the story mightn't be enough to pull a player through. The lacklustre environments and copypasta hordes of Putties add to the slog. Long-time fans will find the Magic system enlightening but the heavy recycling of assets will be noted.

Sony's first OLED is a thing of beauty, even with the fairly pointless curvature. New addition 'Side-sense' echoes HTC U11's ancillary input but it's a more comprehensive use of the method. Refinements to Sony's Xperia launcher have slowly brought to a fantastic Android skin. The best Xperia flagship to date - even without a 3.5mm jack.

About as accessible as the environments of the game itself, DAKAR 18 does not attempt to meet non-fans halfway. This makes for a surprisingly good adventure-driving game for those who want a genuine test of their skill, stamina and spatial awareness.